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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.hillrag.com/2023/03/21/dc-begins-school-boundary-study/

Well this is exciting! I actually just recycled all my papers from the last boundary study where they proposed small geographic clusters with both DCPS and charters in them and replacing by-rights high schools with an all city lottery... Lots of grand plans for sweeping changes that resulted in ... a few boundary tweaks. School boundaries are quite the third rail in this city.
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Why is the representation on the committee so lopsided?

W1: one rep
W2: one rep
W3: one rep
W4: three reps
W5: two reps
W6: one rep
W7: three reps
W8: three reps
City wide: 4 reps

Seems like the committee is rigged. Was it a similar composition 10 years ago?[/quote]

Wow, that is ridiculous.

Wards 7 and 8 are the least populous wards and they each get 3 reps?

Wards 1-4 are about the same size in population; ward 5 is a bit bigger; and ward 6 is the biggest.  Yet wards 1-3 and 6 only get 1 rep; 4 gets 3 reps; and 5 gets 2 reps?

WTF?[/quote]

Wards 7 and 8 make up about 60% of the school aged children. Why wouldn’t they have more reps exactly? [/quote]

1.  Everyone in DC pays taxes, which support the public schools.

2.  School boundaries affect home prices, traffic patterns, etc.

3.  DC residents who are pregnant, planning to have kids in the near future, or thinking about sending their kids to public schools shouldn't be ignored.

4.  By your logic, people in wards 7 and 8 should pay more for public schools since they have relatively more kids in the public schools.

As the DC license says, this is just "taxation without representation."[/quote]

Wacky. So boomers should dictate school boundary cause NIMBY reasons?[/quote]

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